The villages of the Apokoronas |
Crete, the area Apokoronas |
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On hot days you sit here comfortably under huge plane trees on the river bed "Voutakas". The place is famous for its yogurt, which is offered in several tavernas and cafés loose - with or without honey. Vamos The former county
town of the district of Apokoronas was Vamos. Tourists
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The village has a beautiful panoramic view over the Georgioupoli bay. Kournas (200 m above sea level) is approx. 3 km from the Lake Kournas. Where today's Argiroupolis
now is, was once the ancient settlement of Lappa, where
up to 30000 people were supposed to live. A walk through
Argiroupolis will give a taste of the great past. Below
the village the land becomes especially idyllic. Deeply embedded in the Cretan mountains, reflected in the water from pale green to deep blue, they spot it: the only natural fresh-water lake of Crete, the "Limni Kourna". Lake Kournas serves to supply drinking water and water for the fields. 
People go to swim and if someone fancies, he can rent a
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Kefalas 
The village of Kefalas, 282m above sea level, owes its name to the first residents there, called the Kephalades, the leaders of the Byzantine settlers sent to Crete in 1182. Once it was the principal town of the municipality of Apokoronas.
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Hidden under huge trees there are the wells of Argiroupolis.
Today at this spot small tavernas invite you for a meal.
